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Deal-a-day websites have changed local advertising dramatically in the last three years. Email blasts send out offers for discounts that sometimes last for only a few hours. Store owners get immediate revenue and can tell how many customers took advantage of their offer. Social media experts maintain this is not a fad but a new type of commerce that is changing how small local companies market their goods and services. Groupon is the number one site followed closely by LivingSocial. While these sites generate only a small slice of the online retail market, their revenue is growing faster than overall e-commerce. In April, Facebook starting testing a daily deal program in five US cities. Amazon has launched a site. According to social media experts, these sites are thriving because they benefit the merchants and the consumers and don’t require a great deal of tech know-how. There are critics. Some say their staff is overwhelmed when they put out some offers, and others maintain Groupon takes too big a cut, taking 30 to 50 percent of the revenue. However, a small company can cap the number of offers it puts out and these sites can bring in new customers that may result in repeat business.

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Business Website Building Class In Monroe, NC

Huck Huckabee

Learn the basics of building a website at South Piedmont Community College in Monroe, North Carolina. I, Huck Huckabee, will be teaching a class on the subject on Tuesday, October 19th at 5:30 PM.

Contact Vince Holloman

To sign up for the class contact Vince Holloman. Call 704-289-8588 or send an email to vholloman@spcc.edu. Class size is limited so call now.